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Mediterranean dirty edge: High level of meso and macroplastics pollution on the Turkish coast

Mediterranean dirty edge: High level of meso and macroplastics pollution on the Turkish coast

by Mikroplastik Araştırma Grubu | Oct 16, 2019 | News

First results of our project Microbeach has been published in Environmental Pollution journal. In this study, 13 coastal areas in Iskenderun Bay (NE Levantine coast of Turkey) were sampled in May 2018 to investigate meso and macroplastic (0.5–123.4 cm) pollution. A...

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